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SUBMITTER: Pomeroy C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7736284 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pomeroy Caleb C Bond Robert M RM Mucha Peter J PJ Cranmer Skyler J SJ
Scientific reports 20201214 1
Networked systems emerge and subsequently evolve. Although several models describe the process of network evolution, researchers know far less about the initial process of network emergence. Here, we report temporal survey results of a real-world social network starting from its point of inception. We find that individuals' ties undergo an initial cycle of rapid expansion and contraction. This process helps to explain the eventual interactions and working structure in the network (in this case, ...[more]